"Qualia" (pronounced /ˈkwɑːliə/ or pronounced /ˈkweɪliə/), singular "quale" (pronounced /ˈkwɑːlɛ/), from a Latin word meaning for "what sort" or "what kind," is a term used in philosophy to describe the subjective quality of conscious experience. Examples of qualia are the pain of a headache, the taste of wine, or the redness of an evening sky. Daniel Dennett writes that qualia is "an unfamiliar term for something that could not be more familiar to each of us: the ways things seem to us."[1]

It irritates me that there isn't a more concerted effort to directly relate Buddhist terminology to modern philosophy of mind and cognitive science. There's just so much overlap at this point.

Viscid wrote:How would Qualia be best described in pali? Would it be Vedana?

If you don't know what Qualia are, then from wikipedia:

"Qualia" (pronounced /ˈkwɑːliə/ or pronounced /ˈkweɪliə/), singular "quale" (pronounced /ˈkwɑːlɛ/), from a Latin word meaning for "what sort" or "what kind," is a term used in philosophy to describe the subjective quality of conscious experience. Examples of qualia are the pain of a headache, the taste of wine, or the redness of an evening sky. Daniel Dennett writes that qualia is "an unfamiliar term for something that could not be more familiar to each of us: the ways things seem to us."[1]

It irritates me that there isn't a more concerted effort to directly relate Buddhist terminology to modern philosophy of mind and cognitive science. There's just so much overlap at this point.

No single word, probably. After all, these are different systems of thought.

"pain" is a type of vedana,the "taste" would possibly involve vedana and sanna, "redness" would be a sanna.

Both vedana and sanna all require a citta / vinnana, as do all mental states.

There is a fairly big effort between Buddhist thought and modern phil of mind, you may wish to check out groups like Mind and Life Institute.

My recently moved Blog, containing some of my writings on the Buddha Dhamma, as well as a number of translations from classical Buddhist texts and modern authors, liturgy, etc.: Huifeng's Prajnacara Blog.

you could easily find another 20 terms because in buddhism qualia are not monolithic and unchanging, and so there are many terms to account for all the various parts to qualia, how they are brought about, different types, etc.

Viscid wrote:It irritates me that there isn't a more concerted effort to directly relate Buddhist terminology to modern philosophy of mind and cognitive science. There's just so much overlap at this point.

is there? most people are materialists which means qualia dont actually exist.buddhism is based on perfecting introspection which means understanding how qualia function in order to remove troublesome qualia, namely grasping to self and suffering itself. for materialists, however, doing these things means just managing a complicated hydraulics system aka the brain

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